Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men
Medical school taught John Rich how to deal with physical trauma in a big city hospital but not with the disturbing fact that young black men were daily shot, stabbed, and beaten. This is Rich's account of his personal search to find sense in the juxtaposition of his life and theirs.Young black men in cities are overwhelmingly the victims -- and ......
How Declining Biodiversity Endangers Health and How Bioethics Can Help
We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water, adequate nutrition, effective drugs, and protection from infectious diseases. Today's healthcare experts and policymakers are keenly aware that biodiversity is one of the crucial determinants of health'not only for individuals but also for the human population of the planet. ......
In this video, Dr. Anne Dobmeyer demonstrates her work as a behavioural health consultant with a patient who is experiencing difficulties with managing diabetes, and shows also how a psychologist and primary care physician work together to provide seamless, team-based care.
The fact that women experience the health care system differently than men is as issue of increasing importance to health professionals as well as the general public. Yet, while women's health problems have received unprecedented attention in recent years, the unique relationship between women and health care institutions remains little ......
Replete with vital information, the second edition of this authoritative women's health text provides graduate nursing students and nurse practitioners with the resources to deliver optimal health to women of all ages. Edited by a team of highly distinguished clinicians, scholars, and educators, chapters retain a distinctive sociocultural lens ......
Across the globe, large corporations are dominating the supply and delivery of health care products and services and altering the behavior of health professionals. In Who Owns Your Health? Thomas Faunce applies moral, bioethical, and human rights perspectives to examine how the privatization of health care affects the public good.Drawing on the ......
A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity
How a coalition of Black health professions schools made health equity a national issue. Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award by the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage Racism in the US health care system has been deliberately undermining Black health care professionals and exacerbating health disparities among Black Americans ......
A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity
By highlighting these endeavors, We'll Fight It Out Here brings attention to a pivotal group in the history of the health equity movement and provides a road map of practical mechanisms that can be used to advance it.
